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Dr. Maddaus and his team take an innovative approach to lung cancer surgery.
New minimally invasive cancer surgery
shortens recovery, preserves functional
lung tissue
Lung cancer is a growing problem in
the United States. It is the No.1 cause
of cancer-related death ? more than
the next four ranked cancers combined.
University of Minnesota Physicians
Michael Maddaus, M.D. and his team
of dedicated general thoracic surgeons,
Rafael Andrade, M.D. and Jonathan
D?Cunha, M.D., Ph.D., take an
innovative approach to removing
early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer.
uofmmedicalcenter.org
In patients whose tumor is confined to the
lung, surgery is generally the treatment
of choice. This team?s minimally invasive
expertise minimizes trauma, maximizes
outcomes and enables patients to more
quickly return to their normal lives. Although
minimally invasive surgery has been
performed for a number of years, few surgeons
in the United States use video-assisted
thorascopic surgery (VATS) for resection of
lung cancers.
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Published quarterly
for health care professionals
July 2009 vol. 2, issue 2

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